LNG

LNG Journal, North America Editor Three US LNG import terminals in the states of Maryland, Texas and Louisiana are now moving forward with plans to establish liquefaction facilities and to export LNG from surplus supplies brought about by newly exploited US shale-gas resources.

Mark Hodgson, Manager Gas Projects, Shell International Trading and Shipping, Roger Roue, Principal Technical Adviser Society of International Gas Tanker & Terminal Operators, Jim Gaughan, Senior Staff Consultant, American Bureau of Shipping It has long been considered that the risks associated with transporting liquefied gases by sea have been identified,…

Shin Matsui, LNG Project Department, and Yoshio Yatsuhashi, LNG Strategy Department, JGC Corp. Yokohama, Japan Investment decisions for new, large-sized baseload LNG liquefaction projects were very limited several years ago because of inflated plant costs and the uncertainty of future economics, such as the balance of supply versus demand for…

Hamish McArdle, Partner, and Oliver Byrne, Associate, of law firm Baker Botts, present part one of a two-part paper. This month’s covers the application of the traditional FPSO project structure to FLNG What for many years were only concepts and hypothetical legal structures, are now being applied to real projects,…

Will Schmidt and Bill Kennington, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. It has been over 30 years since the LNG industry first considered the construction of a liquefaction facility on a floating platform as a means to commercialize offshore gas reserves.